FNUS73 KMQT 171352 FWSMQT SPOT FORECAST FOR M2 TO T2 DAY 3...USFWS SENEY NWR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 952 AM EDT WED JUL 17 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EDT ON JULY 17. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...EXPECT PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY AS A FRONT SAGS OVER THE GREAT LAKES AND INTERACTS WITH A VERY WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE STRONG AND CAUSE TORRENTIAL RAINS. CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS WEEKEND...BRINGING A MUCH COOLER AND DRIER AIRMASS. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....84 AT IGNITION...MAX 89. MIN HUMIDITY........64 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 57 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......WINDS WEST AT 8 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 14 TO 23 MPH DECREASING TO 10 TO 16 MPH LATE. VENTILATION INDEX...GOOD (449) AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD (449) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (759) BY LATE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO FAIR (231) EARLY IN THE EVENING. LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 2 UNTIL 1400...THEN 3. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2600 FT AGL AT IGNITION...THEN INCREASING TO 5000-6000 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING TO 2100-3500 FT AGL LATE. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.20 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........28 35 50 51 56 WEATHER COV..... ISOLTD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE....NONE TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............84 85 86 87 84 RH..............64 63 60 57 62 GENERAL WIND....W 6 W 8 W 7 W 7 W 6 GENERAL GUST....12 16 15 15 8 VINDX KT-FT/100.449 709 714 390 135 TRANSPORT WIND..W 20 W 16 W 14 W 13 W 13 MIX HGT (FT)....2600 5100 6000 3500 1200 LAL.............1 2 3 3 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 65. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 100 PERCENT. GENERAL WINDS.......NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST 5 MPH OR LESS BY MIDNIGHT...THEN BECOMING CALM LATE. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. LAL.................3. MIXING HEIGHT.......100-300 FT AGL. RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.18 INCHES. TIME (EDT) 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM 6 AM SKY (%).........65 68 72 75 77 78 WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............78 71 67 65 65 65 RH..............75 92 100 100 100 100 GENERAL WIND....N 6 N 6 NE 4 NE 4 NE 4 SE 3 GENERAL GUST....8 8 5 5 5 MIX HGT (FT)....300 100 300 300 300 200 LAL.............3 3 3 3 3 3 $$ FORECASTER...VOSS REQUESTED BY...GARY LINDSAY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130717.M2TOT.01/MQT